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"Driftwood" is a work adapted from real events and is the sequel to "Autumn Garden". An eighty-year-old grandmother told the story of her and her mother, as well as her family, relatives, and fellow villagers in the hinterland of Central and South China. In those days, people were ups and downs like driftwood in the water, drifting with the current, struggling to survive. Their fates were ups and downs in the great era, drifting without direction. Some were broken, and some still had a glimmer of hope. Most of the lives of the characters involved in the text no longer exist, just like bubbles bursting on the water and lightning disappearing in the sky. This article tells the story of the resilience and beauty of the Chinese people throughout their lives through memories. This life is like the memory of a dewdrop, small and short-lived. But before the dewdrop burst, it was also shining brightly, and it was a complete universe.

"Driftwood" is a work adapted from real events and is the sequel to "Autumn Garden". An eighty-year-old grandmother told the story of her and her mother, as well as her family, relatives, and fellow villagers in the hinterland of Central and South China. In those days, people were ups and downs like driftwood in the water, drifting with the current, struggling to survive. Their fates were ups and downs in the great era, drifting without direction. Some were broken, and some still had a glimmer of hope. Most of the lives of the characters involved in the text no longer exist, just like bubbles bursting on the water and lightning disappearing in the sky. This article tells the story of the resilience and beauty of the Chinese people throughout their lives through memories. This life is like the memory of a dewdrop, small and short-lived. But before the dewdrop burst, it was also shining brightly, and it was a complete universe. "My Fragrance" tells the marriage story of an ordinary woman in the 1967s. Huicai, a young girl with excellent academic performance, moved to Jiangxi to study because the technical secondary school she attended was closed. On the eve of graduation, she was about to be sent to the countryside due to her background. Huicai, who was desperate, was persuaded by her friends to marry Dr. Lu, whom she had just met. After her marriage, she was thrifty and worked hard at home. However, differences in personality preferences and behavior caused constant friction between Huicai and her husband, and having children completely interrupted her education. The passionate and sensitive Huicai can't move an indifferent heart no matter what. She is repeatedly frustrated and refuses to indulge in pain. She is still studying, working, and raising children with great vigor - even if no one appreciates it, she will try her best to bloom her fragrance.

"My Fragrance" tells the marriage story of an ordinary woman in the 1967s. Huicai, a young girl with excellent academic performance, moved to Jiangxi to study because the technical secondary school she attended was closed. On the eve of graduation, she was about to be sent to the countryside due to her background. Huicai, who was desperate, was persuaded by her friends to marry Dr. Lu, whom she had just met. After her marriage, she was thrifty and worked hard at home. However, differences in personality preferences and behavior caused constant friction between Huicai and her husband, and having children completely interrupted her education. The passionate and sensitive Huicai can't move an indifferent heart no matter what. She is repeatedly frustrated and refuses to indulge in pain. She is still studying, working, and raising children with great vigor - even if no one appreciates it, she will try her best to bloom her fragrance.

In 1914, Qiu Yuan was born into a medical family in Luoyang. When she grew up, Qiuyuan married a Kuomintang civilian official stationed there. Qiuyuan first moved to Nanjing from Luoyang with her husband. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the family moved to Chongqing, separated from the army and returned to the countryside of Hunan. In Xiangyin, Qiuyuan gave birth to five children, three of whom survived. Her daughter, Hua, was the second oldest. Poverty, hunger, and discrimination eroded the family day by day. Zhihua had witnessed his mother's struggle for survival since he was a child. After her husband passed away, Qiu Yuan and her two young sons lived in Hubei, struggling to survive. At the age of 16, Zhihua fled the countryside and went to a remote town to study and take root. Qiuyuan and Zhihua's mother and daughter were thrown to the bottom by fate, and two generations of women made their best efforts to survive. When Zhihua in his old age picked up a pen and looked back on his life, the real redemption had just begun.

"Yang Benfen's Women's Trilogy" uses plain and tough words to connect the survival epic of ordinary Chinese women across a century. "Autumn Garden" tells the story of a mother's life of wandering and persevering in the tide of history; "Driftwood" extends the perspective to record the ups and downs of family and rural characters; "My Fragrance" turns to the author's own marriage story, depicting women's dedication and awakening in intimate relationships. The three works reflect each other, ranging from personal history to the common memory of a generation. They use delicate brushwork to describe the tenacious vitality of women in the cracks of the times. They are known as "a common people's epic written with paper towels and kitchen table corners."

"My Fragrance" is Yang Benfen's novel focusing on marriage stories. Following "Autumn Garden" and "Driftwood", Yang Benfen tells the story of sixty years of marriage, and writes about the pain and confusion that no one knows. This is a book of pain. Marriage is a matter of luck, and it may not lead to happiness, but to heartbreak. This is also a book of courage. "The world cannot see me, but I see me." How many "good old man" husbands are there in Chinese-style marriages? How many invisible women are there? It brings resonance and courage to thousands of women, and is dedicated to you, me and her who are not seen.

"Driftwood" is a collection of short stories by Yang Benfen and the sequel to "Autumn Garden". It tells the "unfinished" story of "Autumn Garden". In the book, Yang Benfen tells stories about her, her mother, and her family, relatives, and fellow villagers in the hinterland of Central and South China. In that era, people were ups and downs like driftwood in the water, drifting with the current and struggling to survive. Their fates were ups and downs in the great era, drifting without direction. Some were broken, and some still had a glimmer of hope. Through memories, the author presents the villagers' endless tenacity and beauty. This life is like the memory of a dewdrop, small and short-lived. But before the dewdrop burst, it was also shining brightly, and it was a complete universe.

Eighty-year-old grandmother Yang Benfen tells the story of "Mom and Me". In 1914, the person "Qiu Yuan" appeared in the world. In 1918, the Chinese word "she" came into being. Qiuyuan, she has been here, struggled, despaired, and been happy. Today, her 80-year-old daughter tells the world about her ordinary self. "I wrote the story of an ordinary Chinese woman's life, how our family struggled to survive like driftwood in the water, and the life and death of those rural characters in the hinterland of Central and South China. I knew that the story I wrote was like a drop of water, which would eventually merge into the long river of human history.